While the Delhi Government has called a special session of Delhi Assembly that focuses specifically on issues related to women security, statistics reveal that there has been a constant drop in the number of calls received on 181 — Women in Distress Helpline — during the AAP Government rule. A
drop of more than 20,000 calls compared to last year has been witnessed only in the month of July, according to figures accessed by The Pioneer.
A total of 56,349 calls were received on the helpline in July last year. But this year, the number of calls has dropped to 34,859 (till July 26). Out of these, 26,393 calls have been answered while 8,466 calls were abandoned.
In June, 36,735 calls were received (out of which, 19,410 were answered) this year compared to 49,052 in the same month last year.
A similar trend has been witnessed throughout this year as the number of calls in every month of 2015 is lower than the number of calls in the corresponding month last year. Cumulatively till July 26, there has been a drop of around 90,000 calls compared to last year with 2,63,186 calls received this year compared to 3,53,090 calls received last year during the same period.
Since December 31, 2012 over fifteen lakh calls have been received on the helpline number out of which, over ten lakh calls have been answered.